Saturday fire kills local man

Carmi Police Chief Jason Carter and White County Coroner Chris March identified the decedent as 50-year-old David Brassard.

Braden Willis Of The Carmi Times

An early Saturday morning fire killed a Carmi man.

Carmi Police Chief Jason Carter and White County Coroner Chris March identified the decedent as 50-year-old David Brassard.

Carter said officers and firefighters were summoned to the Johnny and Tammy Brewster home at 407 Eighth St. in Carmi around 5:30 a.m. The mobile home was engulfed in flames when responding officers and firefighters arrived on scene.

Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames and determined from speaking to witnesses there were five adults present in the home at the time of the fire. One was unaccounted for, so firefighters entered the mobile home and found Brassard's body.

Tammy Brewster suffered severe burns and was taken from the scene by White County EMS personnel. She was later airlifted to the University of Louisville Burn Center in Louisville, Ky. The other three occupants of the home suffered lesser injuries.

Carter said the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office has been called in to assist in the investigation to determine the cause of the fire. The Carmi Police and Fire Departments along with Marsh's office and the White County Sheriff's Office are continuing to investigate the fire's cause.

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